skirrv.

Brit.

/skəː/, U.S.

/skər/

Forms: α. 1500s–1600s skyr, 1500s–1600s, 1800s– skir, 1600s skirre, 1600s, 1800s– skirr; 1800s dialect sker. β. 1600s, 1800s scur (1800s dialect skur), 1800s scurr.

Etymology: Of doubtful origin; the form scur could represent Old French escorre, escourre < Latin excurrĕre, but the existing evidence indicates the priority of skir.

1. intransitive. To run hastily (away); to flee, make off; = scour v.¹ 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily

fleec825

runOE

swervea1225

biwevec1275

skip1338

streekc1380

warpa1400

yerna1400

smoltc1400

stepc1460

to flee (one's) touch?1515

skirr1548

rubc1550

to make awaya1566

lope1575

scuddle1577

scoura1592

to take the start1600

to walk off1604

to break awaya1616

to make off1652

to fly off1667

scuttle1681

whew1684

scamper1687

whistle off1689

brush1699

to buy a brush1699

to take (its, etc.) wing1704

decamp1751

to take (a) French leave1751

morris1765

to rush off1794

to hop the twig1797

to run along1803

scoot1805

to take off1815

speela1818

to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821

to make (take) tracks (for)1824

absquatulize1829

mosey1829

absquatulate1830

put1834

streak1834

vamoose1834

to put out1835

cut1836

stump it1841

scratch1843

scarper1846

to vamoose the ranch1847

hook1851

shoo1851

slide1859

to cut and run1861

get1861

skedaddle1862

bolt1864

cheese it1866

to do a bunkc1870

to wake snakes1872

bunk1877

nit1882

to pull one's freight1884

fooster1892

to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892

smoke1893

mooch1899

to fly the coop1901

skyhoot1901

shemozzle1902

to light a shuck1905

to beat it1906

pooter1907

to take a run-out powder1909

blow1912

to buzz off1914

to hop it1914

skate1915

beetle1919

scram1928

amscray1931

boogie1940

skidoo1949

bug1950

do a flit1952

to do a scarper1958

to hit, split or take the breeze1959

to do a runner1980

to be (also get, go) ghost1986

α.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. liiij^v Your..bragging aduersaries..wil flee, ronne & skyr out of the felde.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. vii. 59 We will come to them, And make them skyr away.

β. 1887 H. Caine Deemster III. xxxvii. 144 From their confusion in scurring away, I knew that the sheep had indeed been there.

a. To move, run, fly, sail, etc., rapidly or with great impetus. Sometimes implying a whirring sound accompanying the movement. Usually const. with adverbs or prepositions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly with or as with sound

thunderc1374

hurtle1509

rattle1555

skirr1567

whizz1591

brustle1638

clatter1810

whoosh1856

fizz1864

zoon1880

zing1899

skoosh1904

zoom1924

scream1943

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [verb (intransitive)] > whirr

whirra1400

birra1522

skirr1567

brill1688

burr1838

α.

1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 7 Let Zeuxis Grapes not make him proude at all, Though Fowles for them did skyr against a wall.

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 315 Seleucus with an hundred ships,..in a scornful manner, skirred along under the noses of them.

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 5 From their skirring along, or gliding upon the snow.

1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie II. xii. 198 Suddenly one of the..most ferocious of them all broke out of the ring, and skirred away in the direction of her victims.

1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 113 The black-maned clouds, like Furies on the wing, Skir past.

β. a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ffff4^v/1 The light shadows that in a thought scur ore the fields of Corn.1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain (ed. 2) II. iv. 77 The animal, who was scurring over the field,..instantly returned.1866 Reader 17 Feb. 173/1 A picture..of the wind and the rain, as the first scurs at its fiercest speed.

b. dialect. To slide or skate swiftly.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > skate [verb (intransitive)]

skate1696

skirr1811

patten1850

ice-skate1914

1811 R. Willan in Archaeologia 17 158 Sker, to slide swiftly, to skait.

3. transitive. To pass or go rapidly over (a stretch of land or water), esp. in search of something or some one. (Cf. scour v.¹ 2) †Also, to ride rapidly through.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground > rapidly

scourc1380

skirra1616

scud1632

bescour1837

to swallow up1890

to eat up1898

to burn up1909

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search (a place) > search through (a place)

upseekc1315

scourc1380

pickc1395

scumc1420

skirra1616

spin1972

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 37 Send out moe Horses, skirre the Country round.

a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrrrr2/2 Whil'st I with that, and this well mounted, scurr'd A Horse-troope through, and through.

1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxii. 37 Mount ye, spur ye, skirr the plain, That the fugitive may flee in vain.

1826 W. Scott Kelly's Reminisc. in Misc. Wks. (1870) XX. 234 An adventurous little schooner of this kind skirring the coast in search of its own peculiar objects.

1877 R. D. Blackmore Cripps ii The broader puddles, though skirred by the breeze, found the network of ice veiling over them.

figurative.1821 Ld. Byron Cain iii. i, in Sardanapalus 414 I had..skirr'd extinguish'd worlds; And, gazing on eternity, methought [etc.].

4. To throw with a rapid skimming motion. Cf. skeer v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > a missile or projectile > with whirling or skimming motion

thirl1587

skeer1636

twirl1646

skirra1652

squirr1710

squirry1825

a1652 R. Brome Mad Couple Well Match'd i. i. sig. B2, in Five New Playes (1653) None dare venture so neare you as a Man hurles a Die or Skirrs a Card.

18.. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) ‘See me skirr this stone.’ A word used only..in connection with this boyish test of skill.

1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross III. v. 89 Polwarth..skirred his flat hat into the middle of the sawdust.

Derivatives

ˈskirring adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly with or as with sound

skirring1573

whizzing1589

zooming1904

whooshing1976

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [adjective] > whirr

whirring?a1500

skirring1573

hurring1582

birring1787

burring1886

whirry1936

1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xii. Mm ij b As the swallow..With tendre houeringe winges her skirringe flight swift forward takes.

1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxx, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 101 North. Have you had any snow yet James, in the Forest? Shepherd. Only some skirrin' sleets.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skirr
释义	skirrn. Brit. /skəː/, U.S. /skər/ Forms: Also scurr, skurr. Etymology: < skirr v. A sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > grating or rasping grating1611 raspa1828 risp1827 gride1830 skirrc1870 rashing1889 rasping1889 c1870 M. Clarke in Mem. Vol. (1884) 127 How many nights in that humble shelter have I listened to the skirr of the wild cats. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xx. 219 The scurr of whetting [sc. shears] spread into the sky. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders III. ii. 44 The occasional skirr of a halter in Melbury's stables. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skirrv. Brit. /skəː/, U.S. /skər/ Forms: α. 1500s–1600s skyr, 1500s–1600s, 1800s– skir, 1600s skirre, 1600s, 1800s– skirr; 1800s dialect sker. β. 1600s, 1800s scur (1800s dialect skur), 1800s scurr. Etymology: Of doubtful origin; the form scur could represent Old French escorre, escourre < Latin excurrĕre, but the existing evidence indicates the priority of skir. 1. intransitive. To run hastily (away); to flee, make off; = scour v.¹ 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily fleec825 runOE swervea1225 biwevec1275 skip1338 streekc1380 warpa1400 yerna1400 smoltc1400 stepc1460 to flee (one's) touch?1515 skirr1548 rubc1550 to make awaya1566 lope1575 scuddle1577 scoura1592 to take the start1600 to walk off1604 to break awaya1616 to make off1652 to fly off1667 scuttle1681 whew1684 scamper1687 whistle off1689 brush1699 to buy a brush1699 to take (its, etc.) wing1704 decamp1751 to take (a) French leave1751 morris1765 to rush off1794 to hop the twig1797 to run along1803 scoot1805 to take off1815 speela1818 to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 absquatulize1829 mosey1829 absquatulate1830 put1834 streak1834 vamoose1834 to put out1835 cut1836 stump it1841 scratch1843 scarper1846 to vamoose the ranch1847 hook1851 shoo1851 slide1859 to cut and run1861 get1861 skedaddle1862 bolt1864 cheese it1866 to do a bunkc1870 to wake snakes1872 bunk1877 nit1882 to pull one's freight1884 fooster1892 to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892 smoke1893 mooch1899 to fly the coop1901 skyhoot1901 shemozzle1902 to light a shuck1905 to beat it1906 pooter1907 to take a run-out powder1909 blow1912 to buzz off1914 to hop it1914 skate1915 beetle1919 scram1928 amscray1931 boogie1940 skidoo1949 bug1950 do a flit1952 to do a scarper1958 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 to do a runner1980 to be (also get, go) ghost1986 α. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. liiij^v Your..bragging aduersaries..wil flee, ronne & skyr out of the felde. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. vii. 59 We will come to them, And make them skyr away. β. 1887 H. Caine Deemster III. xxxvii. 144 From their confusion in scurring away, I knew that the sheep had indeed been there. 2. a. To move, run, fly, sail, etc., rapidly or with great impetus. Sometimes implying a whirring sound accompanying the movement. Usually const. with adverbs or prepositions. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly with or as with sound thunderc1374 hurtle1509 rattle1555 skirr1567 whizz1591 brustle1638 clatter1810 whoosh1856 fizz1864 zoon1880 zing1899 skoosh1904 zoom1924 scream1943 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [verb (intransitive)] > whirr whirra1400 birra1522 skirr1567 brill1688 burr1838 α. 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 7 Let Zeuxis Grapes not make him proude at all, Though Fowles for them did skyr against a wall. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 315 Seleucus with an hundred ships,..in a scornful manner, skirred along under the noses of them. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 5 From their skirring along, or gliding upon the snow. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie II. xii. 198 Suddenly one of the..most ferocious of them all broke out of the ring, and skirred away in the direction of her victims. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 113 The black-maned clouds, like Furies on the wing, Skir past. β. a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ffff4^v/1 The light shadows that in a thought scur ore the fields of Corn.1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain (ed. 2) II. iv. 77 The animal, who was scurring over the field,..instantly returned.1866 Reader 17 Feb. 173/1 A picture..of the wind and the rain, as the first scurs at its fiercest speed. b. dialect. To slide or skate swiftly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > skate [verb (intransitive)] skate1696 skirr1811 patten1850 ice-skate1914 1811 R. Willan in Archaeologia 17 158 Sker, to slide swiftly, to skait. 3. transitive. To pass or go rapidly over (a stretch of land or water), esp. in search of something or some one. (Cf. scour v.¹ 2) †Also, to ride rapidly through. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground > rapidly scourc1380 skirra1616 scud1632 bescour1837 to swallow up1890 to eat up1898 to burn up1909 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search (a place) > search through (a place) upseekc1315 scourc1380 pickc1395 scumc1420 skirra1616 spin1972 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 37 Send out moe Horses, skirre the Country round. View more context for this quotation a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrrrr2/2 Whil'st I with that, and this well mounted, scurr'd A Horse-troope through, and through. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxii. 37 Mount ye, spur ye, skirr the plain, That the fugitive may flee in vain. 1826 W. Scott Kelly's Reminisc. in Misc. Wks. (1870) XX. 234 An adventurous little schooner of this kind skirring the coast in search of its own peculiar objects. 1877 R. D. Blackmore Cripps ii The broader puddles, though skirred by the breeze, found the network of ice veiling over them. figurative.1821 Ld. Byron Cain iii. i, in Sardanapalus 414 I had..skirr'd extinguish'd worlds; And, gazing on eternity, methought [etc.]. 4. To throw with a rapid skimming motion. Cf. skeer v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > a missile or projectile > with whirling or skimming motion thirl1587 skeer1636 twirl1646 skirra1652 squirr1710 squirry1825 a1652 R. Brome Mad Couple Well Match'd i. i. sig. B2, in Five New Playes (1653) None dare venture so neare you as a Man hurles a Die or Skirrs a Card. 18.. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) ‘See me skirr this stone.’ A word used only..in connection with this boyish test of skill. 1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross III. v. 89 Polwarth..skirred his flat hat into the middle of the sawdust. Derivatives ˈskirring adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly with or as with sound skirring1573 whizzing1589 zooming1904 whooshing1976 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [adjective] > whirr whirring?a1500 skirring1573 hurring1582 birring1787 burring1886 whirry1936 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xii. Mm ij b As the swallow..With tendre houeringe winges her skirringe flight swift forward takes. 1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxx, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 101 North. Have you had any snow yet James, in the Forest? Shepherd. Only some skirrin' sleets. 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Derivatives